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Playing inside Henry County High School’s legendary Roy L. Winchester Gym for the 47th straight year, Shelby County beat South Oldham in the finals of the boys’ 8th Region tournament last Tuesday night.

The Rockets, who will represent the region in the Sweet 16 State Basketball Tournament this week, won the regional title two years ago but were beaten by Anderson County on a last-second shot in 2009. They play the state’s top-ranked team, Ballard, in the opening round of the state tournament Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. inside Rupp Arena in Lexington.

In November 2009, our son, Noah, age 10, was diagnosed with a horrific type of childhood cancer. A tumor the size of a small cantaloupe was removed from his chest. Two weeks later he began a course of chemotherapy; every two weeks he checked into Kosair Children’s Hospital for five days for one treatment and then three days two weeks later. This schedule continued for six cycles. He then had one and one-half ribs removed and biopsied. We held our breaths until the pathology report came in-he was cancer free!

Deciding there were too many strings attached and too many unanswered questions, the Eminence City Council rejected on Monday a state sidewalk grant.

After hearing a summary of the high points of a draft contract submitted to the city, the council gave its consent to scrap the $82,500 grant that would have required a $20,000 match by the city. The city had hoped to repair at least one mile of sidewalk with the funds.

Ballard practices out of two rooms of his Point Pleasant Road home, and he sets his own appointments.

The 87-year-old also uses his own time-tested diagnostic tests and administers adjustments with just his hands. “I haven’t used any other way since 1978,” he said. “I’m not rough and there’s no twisting.”

Dating violence is controlling, abusive, and aggressive behavior in a romantic relationship. It occurs in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships and can include verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse; or a combination of these.

Incidence of Teen Dating Violence:

• 1 in 5 teens that have been in a serious relationship report being hit, slapped, or pushed by their partner

When it comes to education, few days in recent years could rival last Thursday, when the state learned in the morning that it is a “Race to the Top” finalist and the Kentucky House voted overwhelmingly that afternoon to begin raising the high school drop-out age from 16 to 18.